Comparison · 6×4 lorry · long haul at 19.3 t
MAN TGS 33.470 6x4, rigid lorry (2020–2023) vs Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 6x4 rigid lorry, 12.8 L (2021–2023)
MAN TGS 33.470 6x4, rigid lorry (2020–2023)
2020–2023 · 346 kW
37.4l/100 km
median; 36.5–42.5 across 19 declared configurations
Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 6x4 rigid lorry, 12.8 L (2021–2023)
2021–2023 · 345 kW
38.7l/100 km
median; 34.4–63.3 across 44 declared configurations
What the numbers actually say
There is 1.3 l/100 km between these two (3.4%). That is inside the 10% tolerance of declared figures, so on fuel alone neither is the better choice: at 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre the gap would be about 1,560 litres a year (£2,184). The declared figures for one of them alone span 28.9 l/100 km across its configurations, so the specification ordered matters more than the choice between these two.
Fuel over a year
120,000 km · assumed priceMAN TGS 33.470 6x4, rigid lorry (2020–2023)44,880 litres
£62,832 at the assumed price
Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 6x4 rigid lorry, 12.8 L (2021–2023)46,440 litres
£65,016 at the assumed price
At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre; the price is an assumption, not one we track.